Monthly Archives: January 2013

NOM: We’ll Destroy Pro-Gay IL Reps

Yesterday Illinois GOP chair Pat Brady began calling Republican legislators to urge them to support the same-sex marriage bill. Today NOM is calling for Brady’s resignation and is vowing to unseat any Republican who heeds his call. The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) today pledged to form an Illinois state PAC and spend $250,000 defeating Republican legislators who vote in …

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House GOP To Re-Fund DOMA Defense

In one of the first actions of the 113th Congress, which begins today, the House GOP is pushing to reauthorize the funding for the defense of DOMA.  Reactions below. Freedom To Marry “It’s truly disheartening that, on a day of new beginnings on Capitol Hill, the leadership of the House of Representatives is advancing a measure, through its rules, to …

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IL Senate Marriage Vote May Come Today

In a slick move, the Illinois same-sex marriage bill has been withdrawn as a standalone item and will instead be attached as an amendment to a bill that mostly concerns car rentals. The state Senate is expected to vote on the item shortly. Illinois Senators will no longer be voting on the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, a bill …

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Dan Savage Thanks Straight Allies

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Crimes Against Humanity Case Against Scott Lively To Begin Monday

This Monday the case of Sexual Minorities Uganda Vs Scott Lively will begin in a Massachusetts federal court. The suit alleges that Lively committed crimes against humanity in his campaign urging Uganda to implement harsh persecutions of LGBT people.  The case is the first-ever sexual orientation-related suit brought under the Alien Tort Statute, which is described as a “powerful legal …

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Kesha: I’m Bisexual

“I don’t love just men. I love people. It’s not about a gender. It’s just about the spirit that exudes from that other person you’re with. I’m all about standing up to gay/lesbian/transgender bullying, but it’s also about my little brother. He’s 13 and he gets made fun of because he has a stutter. I just have zero tolerance for …

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Conspiracy Theory Of The Day

Wingnut sites like Free Republic are passing around a story claiming that Hillary Clinton was actually hospitalized because she was “severely injured” in a plane crash during a secret mission to Iran. A startling Foreign Military Intelligence (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that President Obama was informed by White House medical personal shortly after Secretary of State …

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Syndicator Drops Maggie Gallagher’s National Opinion Column

Universal Uclick has announced the “retirement” of Maggie Gallagher’s nationally syndicated column. Gallagher has been a nationally syndicated columnist for over 17 years; Universal Uclick launched her first column in June of 1995. She began publishing a column twice a week, but for the last three years has written a column once a week. Maggie is particularly known for writing …

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Marylanders Counter-Protest Westboro

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President Obama Signs Defense Funding Bill That Includes “Protections” For Anti-Gay Military Members & Clergy

Last night President Obama signed the funding authorization bill for the Department of Defense which includes “protections” against the punishment of military members and clergy who harass gay soldiers. Those so-called protections, sponsored by Rep. Todd Akin, were discussed here last month and were backed by GOP House members opposed to the repeal of DADT.  The president included a signing …

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Al Jazeera Buys CurrentTV

In a move that has wingnuts screaming, Al Jazeera has acquired Al Gore’s CurrentTV. Al Jazeera on Wednesday announced a deal to take over Current TV, the low-rated cable channel that was founded by Al Gore, a former vice president, and his business partners seven years ago. Al Jazeera plans to shut Current and start an English-language channel, which will …

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WND’s Woman Of The Year

World Net Daily has named Michele Bachmann their “Woman Of The Year.” For her extraordinary dedication to America’s founding principles and steadfast defense of the Constitution, WND has named Rep. Michele Bachmann 2012 “Woman of the Year.”  Bachmann is a gutsy, pro-life fiscal conservative who dared to vote against raising the debt ceiling. She’s a God-fearing, gun-loving advocate of tax …

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Satan Wrote The Fiscal Cliff Bill

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SPOILER: American Horror Story

Stay out of the comments if you’ve not yet seen last night’s episode. Otherwise dive in and dish!

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Open Thread Thursday

Resolutions?

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Clinton Leaves Hospital [UPDATED]

A smiling Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was seen leaving New York-Presbyterian Hospital late this afternoon. She walked out unaided and in the company of the former president and their daughter. Hurray! UPDATE: CNN is reporting that Clinton has not been released from the hospital.  Reuters and the Associated Press have both retracted their earlier reports.  It’s not yet known …

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Illinois GOP Chair Backs Marriage

Whoa! Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady of St. Charles is calling GOP lawmakers asking them to support a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage, he said today. Brady said he was making the calls as a citizen, outside of his official role with the Illinois Republican Party. “I think it’s time for people to support this,” Brady said. A state …

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Patti Page Dies At Age 85

The New York Times has the obit: Patti Page, the apple-cheeked, honey-voiced alto whose sentimental, soothing, sometimes silly hits like “Tennessee Waltz,” “Old Cape Cod” and “How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?” made her one of the most successful pop singers of the 1950s, died on Tuesday in Encinitas, Calif. She was 85. Ms. Page had briefly been …

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Starbucks Backs Same Love

JMG reader Ben writes with the tip that Same Love, the viral hit by Macklemore & Lewis, is Starbucks’ pick single of the week.  Get the free download code at your local outlet or by using your Starbucks app.  The track has earned almost 11 million views on YouTube in just three months.

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Christie Slams Boehner Over Sandy Aid

“This is why the American people hate Congress.”

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